I was dressed and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. Vicar of Wakefield - Page ixby Oliver Goldsmith - 1766Full view - About this book
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